Predictable Yet A Roar

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 2018)

I can't believe when I read GdT's name on the screen when I saw it - the guy who made Pan's Labyrinth, really? This predictable, typically Hollywood summer block buster? A film where one can see events way before they happen, and be spot on all the time?
Well, yes, it's a GdT flick all right; It's got these lavish visuals, this mix of colours, and Ron Pearlman, wonderful Ron Pearlman. The "comedy" characters are here way more interesting than the pretty teens on whose shoulders the "scenario" rests. But still.
And it works: One can feel the intricate background that is only hinted at here and there, the feel of what we are seeing is only the latest chapter of a bigger saga - that's fan cult stuff, a universe to be explored, discovered and , yes, to exploit.
So, yes, it's rather fantaisist to think we would build giant mechs instead of a better armor-piercing missile, but what the heck, this movie is about giant rampaging monsters - so give your brain and Shakespeare a break, and you should enjoy the ride, too.